Uninstall OR Remove MySQL 8 from Windows 10
While re-installing MySQL 8 database, you might be getting errors. OR you might want to completely uninstall MySQL 8 from your Windows 10 computer. In both the case, you must have properly & completely uninstall existing MySQL 8 database from your Windows 10 PC. But before we complete remove MySQL 8 database server, we must take back up of our existing database. This video tutorial step by step guide you to un-install MySQL 8 from your system. Go through the video first, and follow the steps on your computer.
If you encounter any errors while uninstalling or didn't understand something, you can ask me questions in the comments section of this video. The list of directories to delete has been given below.
Here is the list of directories to delete after MySQL uninstall #
1) C:\Program Files\MySQL
2) C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL
3) C:\ProgramData\MySQL (Hidden Folder)
4) C:\Users\username\AppData\MySQL (Hidden Folder)
5) C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MySQL
6) C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MySQL (Hidden Folder)
Please Note: Some directories may or may not exits. But make sure to check all above locations and delete the directories manually. Also, some of the folder may be hidden. In the tutorial, it is covered how to show hidden folders.
Chapters #
0:00 Introduction
01:04 Export or Backup MySQL 8 databases on Windows 10
04:56 Stop MySQL 8 database server instance from Windows 10 services
05:58 Uninstall MySQL 8 from Win 10 control panel
07:25 Delete MySQL 8 database related folders from Win10
09:50 End message, ask questions, like & subscribe
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